The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1887-06-03
TERRITORIAL GLEANINGs


Lakota is to DO made signal service station.
Gray Nellie, Grand Forks racer foaled
triplets and died.
The 2-year old son Of G. Bailey, Of Mspleton,
strayed from home and was drowned in the
Maple river.
Geo. W. Bartlett, city marshal of Milbank
asolder of the lato war, fell dead recently
from heart disease.
N. b. Dare, OF Minneapolis, has purchased a
$50, 900 tract in Aberdeen for tho Aberdeen l.
Bismarck terminal.
The Minneapolis Il Pacific is being graded
from Ransom City to Foreman, with Fargo as
tho objective point
Frederick Semi has been arrested In En-
mons county for freight stealing and taken 10
Bowdlc. He is thought to be member of a
gang.
printer named Ross stabbed a railroad
man from Mandan in a bagnio In Fargo Sun
day morning, but the wound ia not fatal No
arrests.
A rehearing has been refused the Manitoba
in the Manitoba land case. This involves con-
siderable land which the road has always
claimed.
Veterinarian Langlon stopped nine cars of
Wisconsin cattle at Fargo until afIldvits could
be furnished that they have not been exposed
to contagi0n.
DIR. Elliott, Of Aberdeen, charged With man.
slaughter in case of confinement, has been
discharged by the Columbia justice, tho evi-
dence being held insufficient to mako a case.
Aberdeen's fire department consists of 66
men, hook and ladder truck, hose carts
and 1000 feet Of hose. In the past year there
has been but four fires aggregating 81, 600 loss
The second game of the Red River league
was played at Wahpeton on Tuesday. The
score was: Wahpeton 26, Fergus Falls /. The
first game Monday was postponed on account
of rain.
Tho executive committee of tho Csss and
Barnes Counties Agricultural society have des-
ignated Tuesday and Wednesday, June Is and
20, as the dates for the June meeting, to be
held on the new fair grounds in Tower City.
OoopS1SuVWh SOul lcl. L llldy UlOTnlIlu
lightning struck the chimney ON the Day
school house, tore of clap boards, and rlppsd
up the floor. Had not the teacher, thought
fully, dismissed the school as the storm an.
preached, the result might have been more
serious.
Morton Il Co., leading wheat chipping
firm Of Fargo received dispatch from the
general Northwestern freight agent Of tho
Milwaukee road at Chicago, not to ship any
more wheat to that city as z syndicate Of spec
ulators had boughtup all thA elevator raon
and ~ more grain from the Northwest coul,
response to the prestuu11t u1 tnu- etdcago boar.
of trade advising Chicago, ii the report wa
true to resign its pretentions as q whea
market and rival Baden Baden as gamblin,
resort.
Commissioner Sparks has just Cancelled
claim because the claimant lived on the Ian,
too long. Tho pre-emption law requires til,
claimant to make proof inside of tlirty-tllre,
months. In tho case in question the claimant
was unable to make proof within the time
but resided on the land and there was nc al.
verse claim. Former commissioners have
construed the law to permit settlers In such
cases to make proof after the thirty three
months, provided no adverse right attached,
but Sparks must remove the precedent in order
| to find more excuses to sustain his policy OF
Wholesale cancellation.
| Auditor Ward has issued m order to all a.
SCISSORS In tho territory instructng them to
assess all railroad property the same az prop
erty of individuals with the exception of suoh
property as is actually used for railroad pur-
poses. This will create revolution in the
system Of railroad taxation and will impose q
tax on millions Of dollars of railroad lands,
which have heretofore been exempt It will
take in all the lands Of the Northern Pacific
with the exception OF its right of way and will
fall heavily on the Chicago IL Northwestern
road which owns numerous town sites along
its line. The order, while not interfering with
the gross earnings law, attacks its legality
claiming that it is in conflict with section !, 1928
of the organic act.